Volume 1

A dissertation on the influence of the passions upon disorders of the body. Being the essay to which the Fothergillian Medal was adjudged / [William Falconer].

  • William Falconer
Date:
1796
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Credit: A dissertation on the influence of the passions upon disorders of the body. Being the essay to which the Fothergillian Medal was adjudged / [William Falconer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [fi nae: -] operated in a fimilar manner, joy par- ticularly. Thefe fatts fuggeft obvious cautions, but we fhould be careful not to carry even thefe to too great a length. It is no difficult matter to in- duce a habit of fainting in perfons in- dued with great irritability of nerves, and nothing conduces more to increafe this, than a ftudious folicitude to avoid every thing that might poffibly have that effect. It fixes the mind on the very object we would with to avoid, and by augmenting the effeéts of trivial accidents, multiplies the number of caufes that may produce the diforder feared, A firm refolution to refift the effects of frivolous incidents upon the mind, and of courfe on the nerves, is -far preferable. Haller has related a ftory where a difpofition of this kind was conquered by a vehement exertion of the will, and almoft every perfon ; has